Eric Josephs begins his first year as the Hurricanes’ Director of Player Personnel and his third season on the Miami football staff.
In his current capacity, Josephs is responsible for the identification, selection, organization and flow charts of perspective recruits. In addition, the 2011 Wisconsin alum will be responsible for the recruiting travel logistics of head coach Al Golden. Josephs oversees all recruiting logistics for the Miami football coaching staff and organizes staff travel for the team’s staff recruiting visits.
Josephs spent the 2014 season as the team’s Assistant Director of Player Personnel for the Miami Hurricanes football team. During the 2013 season, he was a football operations intern for the Hurricanes.
Prior to arriving at The U, he had four different intern stints in the NFL. During the summer of 2009, he was an equipment intern with the Dallas Cowboys before heading to the New England Patriots where served as a gameday intern during the 2009 season. During his time with the Patriots, Josephs worked with the equipment staff. In 2010, he worked as a football operations and pro scouting intern for the Buffalo Bills. With the Bills, he evaluated players throughout training camp and worked on special projects.
His final NFL internship was with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012. He evaluated free agents and the defensive lineman position, while assisting in the preparation of advance team reports for the scouting department. He recommended, scouted and played a major role in the training camp signing of AFL DE Xavier Brown.
A native of Teaneck, N.J., Eric graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2011.